The basic WordPad app has shipped as part of Windows since Windows 95. but Microsoft announced last year that it’s removing it from Windows 11. Now we have a rough date for the removal. “WordPad will be removed from all editions of Windows starting in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025,” says Microsoft. We’re expecting version 24H2 of Windows 11 later this year, and hopefully with a much better update name.
Turning on Windows 11 requires between 3 and 4 Gb of memory, but it does scarcely more than Windows 7 did, which took less than 1 Gb, and looked much nicer. Why don’t they try fixing that instead?